Kidnapped GOAL worker beginning fifth day in captivity

Diplomatic efforts to secure the release of kidnapped Irish aid worker Sharon Commins are continuing in Sudan today.

Kidnapped GOAL worker beginning fifth day in captivity
Wed, 08 Jul, 2009 - 09:17

Diplomatic efforts to secure the release of kidnapped Irish aid worker Sharon Commins are continuing in Sudan today.

The 32-year-old GOAL employee is spending her fifth day in captivity after being abducted along with a Ugandan colleague by a gang of armed men in Darfur last Friday.

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